People queued up on Orchard Road for over 24hrs to get the iPhone X – this is how crazy the line was at launch time

They came as early as 6.30am on Thursday (Nov 2) morning to queue outside the Apple store along Orchard Road, and their numbers amassed to the hundreds by sunset – all just for the launch of the iPhone X.

Many came with luggage bags, picnic mats and food in tow, and were well prepared to spend the night on the streets.

And by Friday (Nov 3), there were hundreds of people from around the world waiting for Apple to open its doors at 8am.

As Singapore is the first country in Southeast Asia to make the iPhone X available for sale, the Apple store saw scores of foreigners – especially from Sri Lanka and Vietnam – looking to get their hands on the device.